WTA Tour wrap: Poland and Palermo see upsets on opening day
TWO clay events began overnight in Italy and Poland, respectively, with the women’s draws providing plenty of intriguing results on the respective opening days. Palermo saw three seeds compete with the day’s favourite in Liudmila Samsonova crumbling at the first hurdle in a shaky 6-3 6-2 loss to Chinese 18-year-old Zheng Qinwen, with the youngster stunning […]
WTA Abu Dhabi Round of 32 wrap: Gasanova shocks Pliskova in debut tournament
RUSSIAN rising star, Anastasia Gasanova has shocked third seed Czech Karolina Pliskova, claiming her first ever Top 100 victory with a 6-2 6-4 triumph in the Round of 32 at the Abu Dhabi WTA 500 event. Gasanova had no troubles knocking off the former world number one, having come through qualifying and then toppling former […]
WTA Abu Dhabi Round of 64 wrap: Top six through without a hitch, young guns also advance
OF the 16 seeds on show in the brand new WTA Abu Dhabi 500 event, 12 reached the second round. Kicking off 2021 in style, the top six seeds advanced without dropping a set, whilst 2020 in-form players, Anett Kontaveit and Jennifer Brady were amongst the seeds to fall in the opening round of play. […]
Monterrey Open: Fernandez ousts Stephens to keep rise rolling
CANADIAN teenager, Leylah Fernandez has come from behind to knock out fifth seed, Sloane Stephens 6-7 6-3 6-3 and move into the quarter finals at Monterrey. Fresh off a finals appearance in Mexico, Fernandez fought her way to a win in two hours and five minutes. Her serve was consistent, running at a 69 per […]
Monterrey Open: Konta breaks 2020 duck with Clijsters win
JOHANNA Konta has broken through for her maiden win in 2020 after a disappointing start to the WTA Tour season. Her first win came in the first round at Monterrey where she played the returning Kim Clijsters. The Belgian 36-year-old returned to the Tour for the second time a week early and has copped Konta […]
ATP/WTA Mexico Open: Teenage prodigies through for WTA Tour, as upsets create havoc for ATP Tour
THREE teenagers are through to the final eight in Acapulco on the women’s draw, while it was less positive for three of the world’s brightest stars on the men’s draw. American qualifier, Tommy Paul has caused a massive boilover by downing German top 10 player and number two seed, Alexander Zverev in the Round of […]
Mexican Open: Wawrinka survives, while two top women seeds fall
BOTH the ATP and WTA Tour took to the court in Mexico for the Abierto Mexicano, effectively the Mexican Open. On the first day of main draw competition, third seed Stan Wawrinka survived a three-set thriller against Frances Tiafoe, while both the second and third seeds in the women’s event dropped out. The ATP500 event […]
Thailand Open: Swiss teenager upsets seed as other favourites advance
ALL of the six matches at the Thailand Open in Hua Hin featured seeded players, with five of the winners coming into the tournament as the top eight ranked players. The final two matches of the first round was played, while the first four of eight Round of 16 matches were completed as the quarter […]
Australian Open: Women’s Day 2 review – Sabalenka, Anisimova out as experience wins tight ones
A COUPLE of massive upsets to completed Round 1 of the Australian Open women’s draw, with four seeds bundled out of contention, including a couple of future stars. Sixth seed Belinda Bencic overturned recent form against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova around in a straight sets win, 6-3 7-5. Bencic and Schmiedlova both hit 25 winners, but […]
2020 Australian Open draw announced with huge first round clashes
A TANTALISING fourth round match between world number one Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios, and world number one Ash Barty meeting reigning title holder, Naomi Osaka in the semi-finals highlights a bumper Australian Open following the announcement of the 2020 draw tonight. The pair have shown no love lost between Kyrgios and Nadal, and they […]
